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“[T]his is the kind of opera that should be everywhere”: Operawire calls Derrick Wang’s Scalia/Ginsburg at Opera Grand Rapids “a fantastic gem,” “a blast to watch,” and “the very definition of inclusive.”
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg describes Derrick Wang’s comic opera Scalia/Ginsburg, which ushered in an era of RBG-themed books, films, and art.
Derrick Wang’s opera Scalia/Ginsburg is cited in the foreword (pp. x–xi) to the new book Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived, released by Crown Forum on October 3, 2017.
Scalia/Ginsburg is “engaging” and possessed of “musical wit,” says The Wall Street Journal. “Enchanting” and “a perfect…jewel,” writes Opera Today.
Want to be the first to see Scalia/Ginsburg’s new production at the 2017 Glimmerglass Festival? Here’s how.
The audio version of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s new book My Own Words features a special segment on the opera Scalia/Ginsburg, narrated and performed by composer-librettist Derrick Wang and recorded at New York’s Steinway Hall.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s new book My Own Words was released this week. Guess which opera is an entire chapter in it?
The Center for Italian Studies Conference Remembering Justice Antonin Scalia concluded with Derrick Wang’s presentation The Aesthetic Influence of Justices Scalia and Ginsburg.
Retired Polish Constitutional Justice Eva Łętowska writes a two-page article on the relevance of Derrick Wang’s opera Scalia/Ginsburg to both American and Polish law.
The Glimmerglass Festival presents Derrick Wang’s opera Scalia/Ginsburg, starring acclaimed tenor William Burden, on August 4 & 13, 2017.
In the Bay Area? Want a sneak peek at ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’ before its world premiere at the Castleton Festival in July? Then stop by Stanford on May 13…
